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How about being a witness to a conversation between two others and you can tell neither of them understand the point the other is trying to make.
Bonus points for when they actually agree with each other but just haven't put together what the other is saying.
I love that actually. It doesn't happen often, but when it does I go “hold on, A, you're trying to say x, but B understands y, whereas B tries to say v and you understand w”
Always leads to the most flabbergasted double stare when they realize I'm 100% right and they'd have talked past each other for hours.
Sometimes with an undertone of “but I wanted a fight” by one of them.
Disclaimer: Severe ADHD here
Those are the times that make me feel like maybe I have the occasional social insight. lol. While I get confused by so much that happens, I often feel like I pick up on subtle clues and situations like that. So I feel it's a mixed-to-fuck-and-hell bag of social genius and social stupidity. It's confusing. lol
My parents didn't argue often, but when they did, they always had the opinion. Sometimes it would be half an hour until they decided they could agree.